#the secret history cult

[dirafames]

#lana del rey #the silence of the lambs #hannibal #sylvia plath #female hysteria #kafkaesque #ethel cain #ultraviolence #red academia #this is what makes us girls #female rage #the secret history #me and the devil #dark academia #dead poets society #cult of the lamb #lobotomy chic #cate blanchett #divine female #delusional #david lynch #girlhood #the sacred feminine #girlblogging #female manipulator #mads mikkelsen #skyfall #sacrificial lamb #the bell jar #it's me im girls

[rab-deservedbetter]

99% of The Secret History is Richard Papen either high or drunk.

The 1% is Henry trying to manipulate Richard to join in a murderous plan.

And people ate that up (me. I’m people.)

#the secret history #henry winter #richard Papen #don’t we all dream of joining some murderous cult once in our lives

[aquiveringscholar]

All of the decisions that Richard made during his first year in Hampden were influenced by his bi panic

#the secret history #tsh #donna tartt #richard papen #he literally joined a cult because he had a crush on everyone

[flowersforfrancis]

Richard Papen: If I had stayed in California I would've joined a cult. Also, Richard Papen: Goes to Hampden and joins a highly exclusive greek class, with a teacher who discourages him from taking any other classes. Then proceeds to follow the plan of a guy who's never heard of the moon landing, and help him to murder his best friend.

#oh yes- not cult like at all #lmao richard you bloody idiot #richard papen #the secret history #donna tartt #has this been said yet #idk #sorry if it has #chaotic academia #ths #francis abernathy #henry winter #bunny corcoran #camilla macaulay #charles mcaulay #julian morrow #books and literature #romanticism #dark academia #cubitum eamus #beauty is terror #bloody hell #silly little man #lmao #books #books and reading #classic academia #greek aesthetic #greek mythology #academia

[chai-n-ivy]

of course I’m not immune to cults. I read The Secret History and watched Midsommar without blinking.

#original #mine #dark academia #literature #aesthetic #academia #books #light academia #english literature #the secret history #henry winter #camilla macaulay #midsommar #cults

[thatgayacademic]

#really dude #you joined a fucking cult #the secret history #tsh #bunny corcoran #camilla macaulay #francis abernathy #henry winter #charles macaulay #richard papen #academia #books

[dearest-lady-disdain]

ohh, love how richard straight up said that if he had stayed in california he would have eventually joined a cult and then 300 pages later you have henry saying shit like "how can i possibly make the dean of studies understand that there is a divinity in our midst" about julian

#actually richard is both good and bad at cults #tbh henry camilla francis and charles are literally catholic so like. that's normal behaviour i guess #the secret history #donna tartt

[matyas-ss]

The secret Garden (1993)

Directed by Agnieszka Holland

Cinematography by Roger Deakins

#art #art history #film photography #beautiful photography #film #aesthetic #movie #cult film #faerycore #etherealcore #fairy aesthetic #1800s aesthetic #the secret garden #agnieszka holland #roger deakins #1993 #90s #the 90s #90s style #1990s #the secret garden 1993 #artists on tumblr #frances hodgson burnett #frances burnett #kate maberly #1990 #1990s tv #1990s cinema #1990's #1990's film

[charleidi]

studying education is all about wanting to be like mr. keating but fearing to end up like julian morrow

#dead poets society #the secret history #im speaking from experience #what if i end up as a cult leader then have to fly the country oh my god

[m1ssnovember]

Spring is for

Romantic poetry, reciting and acting out Shakespeare, roses, fresh pomegranates each day, classical music, Hellenism, Latin and Greek, vulgar girlhood, morbid longing for the picturesque

#dark academia aesthetic #spring #girlhood #the tragedy of girlhood #female suffering #roses #pomegranates #aphrodisiac #Aphrodite #hellenistic #greek myth retellings #poetry #romantic poetry #romantic academia #romanticizing sadness #writers on tumblr #morbid longing for the picturesque #donna tartt #the secret history #greek literature #Sylvia Plath #female poets #female artists #prose #fawn #cult of the lamb

[hearthsandhistory]

Aleister Crowley vs. WB Yeats in The Battle of Blythe Road

This is a story about two magicians.

One of them was WB Yeats, writer, poet and politician.

One of them was Aleister Crowley.

You may not know that Yeats was a well-respected member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a very influential (if deeply problematic) esoteric and magical society. Other members included Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many other notable artists, writers, actors and political minds of the day.

Aleister Crowley was also a member (and an aspiring poet) and had a passionate rivalry with Yeats. Crowley, famously a complete shithead, was getting a reputation around town for being a total bastard and the rest of the Order of the Golden Dawn was getting sick of his shit. In 1900, they decided to kick him out of the order, which make Crowley absolutely lose his mind in anger.

Crowley decided that if he wouldn’t be let back into the club, he would storm the clubhouse and steal some of their secret papers to help found his own magical school.

He showed up one day at the meeting place of the Golden Dawn on Blythe Road in London - dressed like a highland warrior for some reason - trying to ascend the stairs into the building while shouting spells and curses.

Yeats and a few other members of the Golden Dawn stood at the top of the stairs, shouting back their own curses. Shockingly, neither set of incantations seemed to have any effect.

The two men stared one another down across the stairs as Crowley continued his approach, spells flying. Years of simmering resentment bubbled to the surface.

Suddenly, Crowley was upon them, reportedly armed with a dagger. Yeats had enough and stopped chanting.

As biographer Richard Elman later wrote, "the forces of good struck out with their feet and kicked him downstairs.”

Yeats booted Aleister Crowley full in the chest, who rolled down the stairs and was bodily thrown into the street.

That was the end of Crowley’s career in the Golden Dawn.

#magic #esoteric #western magic #western esotericism #mysticism #occult #order of the golden dawn #victorian #edwardian #wb yeats #aleister crowley #witchcraft #cults #secret societies #poetry #literature #history #english history

[dirafames]

#the silence of the lambs #lana del rey #hannibal #sylvia plath #female hysteria #kafkaesque #ethel cain #ultraviolence #red academia #quotes #female rage #the secret history #the sacred feminine #poetry #cult of the lamb #me and the devil #dark academia #dead poets society #divine feminine #femme fatale #the bell jar #ptolemaea

[notsofriendlyfriendlyreminder]

to anyone making a secret history playlist the book is not moody piano it's fucking The Cult of Dionysus

#no i dont take criticism #:) #teehee #tsh #the secret history #donna tartt #the cult of dionysus

[ancientorigins]

The ancient city of Eleusis in Greece was the site of one of the most mysterious and revered religious rites of ancient Greece, the Eleusinian Mysteries. Now Eleusis, home of the mystery school, has been designated the Culture Capital of Europe.

#Eleusis #Elefsina #Greece #Eleusinian Mysteries #esoteric #cult #secret school #ancient #history #ancient origins

[princesskuragina]

Okay but Richard Papen is 110% problematic person in the first and second place

what does this mean. is it a hot take that the secret history is about problematic people

#genuinely did i accidentally imply i think otherwise #is this about me saying he went way out of his way to join the greek class #he did. mans was like i took one greek class one time. time to join a cult. #anyways. callout post for richard papen for being accessory to murder or whatever #tsh #the secret history #asks

[thatgayacademic]

i'm so sorry richard

#sorry but it was a cult #the secret history #academia #tsh #books #bunny corcoran #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #francis abernathy #henry winter #richard papen